Decades apart, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is the sequel to “Beetlejuice” and was released in America and Canada on Sept. 6. Some of the original actors have returned: Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice and Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz. New actors also appear in the movie: Jenna Ortega as Astrid Deetz, Arthur Conti as Jeremy Frazier, Monica Bellucci as Delores, Santiago Cabrera as Richard, Willem Dafoe as Wolf Jackson, Danny DeVito as the ghost janitor and Justin Theroux as Rory.

From Top Critics to All Audience, mixed reviews have been given to “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” on the movie rating platform Rotten Tomatoes. With people commenting about the difference between the two movies, the Tomatometer reads 77% and the Popcornmeter reads 80%. The Tomatometer scores are based on the grouped opinions of hundreds of film and television critics, and the score represents the percent of professional critic reviews that are on the positive side for a film or television show. The Popcornmeter is based on capturing audience sentiment, and the score indicates the percentage of fans who rated a movie or TV show on the positive side. More in-depth information about both the Tomatometer and Popcornmeter can be found here.

Top Critic Mary Z voted three out of five stars on Oct. 17.

“I enjoyed the parts of the movie that were or related to the original,” Mary said. “But the rest was just nonsensical filler and at times disturbing.”

Top Critic MontiLee Stormer voted three out of five stars on Oct. 3.

“It’s really messy, but – and maybe this is my nostalgia speaking – I think it works. I liked the breadcrumb callbacks, Lydia reduced to shy people-pleasing,” Stormer said. “ I really liked the super dark tertiary story that becomes integral to the final third act.”

Top Critic Jocelyn Noveck voted three out of four stars on Oct. 20.

“For once, the question ‘Why a sequel?’ is moot,” Noveck said. “Not because we know the answer. (Do we?) But, who cares? It’s funny. It may even make you feel better about, well, death.”

From All Audience, Topp C voted one and one half stars out of five on Oct. 17.

“Too many storylines going on at once,” Topp said. “They all lose their punch.”

From All Audience, Ann voted four out of five stars on Oct. 17.

“Really campy but funny and sweet,” Ann said. “Acting was good, story was basic. Had a really good time and lots of laughing in the theater.”

From All Audience, Richard voted four and a half out of five stars on Oct. 24.

“Despite coming out over 30 years after the original, this sequel doesn’t miss a beat! Just about everyone is back, and it feels like seamlessly stepping back into Tim Burton’s world. Michael Keaton is on point, Winona Ryder is excellent, and newcomer Jenna Ortega fits right in as the newest Deetz family member,” Richard said. “The story is engaging with fun cameos and nods to the original, with plenty of fresh elements to keep the plot humming along. The only gripe is that it actually could’ve been longer! It felt like there was so much to cover and not everything got as much time as it could’ve. But when the biggest downside is wanting more, that’s a sign the movie is a good one, and this is definitely a very good movie. A truly worthy sequel!”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’’ is still playing in theaters and is now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video, Fandango at Home and Apple TV.

The website IMDb is an online database of information relating to entertainment. IMDb categorizes “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” as dark comedy, dark fantasy, slapstick, supernatural fantasy, supernatural horror, comedy, fantasy and horror.